The Ghosts of Your Files Haunt Old, Erased Hard Drives. Here’s How to Exorcise Them.

Before you junk your old computer or external solid state drive, here’s how to thoroughly wipe all your data, because it’s ...

You Need to Do More Than Delete Files on an External Drive to Make Them Permanently Disappear

There’s a trick to thoroughly wiping all your data before you junk your old external solid state drive—or even computer.

You Can Add USB Ports And Storage To Your Computer With One Accessory

With the Yotuo multi-function docking station, you can add multiple USB ports, SD card capability, and up to 2TB of external ...
PC Magazine

external storage

A hard drive or solid state drive (SSD) that resides outside the computer's case, typically connecting via USB or eSATA. A USB flash drive is also external storage. See portable drive and USB drive. A ...
Houston Chronicle

Will Adding a Second Hard Drive Increase My Memory on a Desktop Computer?

Your computer has two basic kinds of memory: hard drive storage and random-access memory, and they perform separate functions. Although adding a second hard drive increases your PC's storage capacity, ...
USA Today

Thanks for the (computer) memory! Here's how to buy the right data storage for your needs

So you’re running out of storage on your laptop or desktop. Or your PlayStation, Xbox, or Nintendo Switch console. Er, or phone or tablet. Welcome to the club. Now that your world has become ...
PC World

How PCWorld tests and evaluates external storage

Modern external computer data storage technologies (DAS, or Direct Attached Storage) run the gamut from USB hard drives, to optical discs (yes, still), to USB thumb drives, to the latest, greatest ...
Houston Chronicle

Can I Download Software Onto My Computer Using an External Hard Drive?

External hard drives are convenient and inexpensive devices you can use to expand the storage space on your computer. You can use an external hard drive on your work computer for all of the same tasks ...